ekebergiten.
Mineralogy.
An important member of the scapolite family occurring in square prisms of a white, greyish, greenish, or reddish colour.
ΚΠ
1822 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 2) I. 359 The Sodait of Ekeberg (Ekebergite of Thomson) is probably a variety of Scapolite.
1884 J. D. Dana Min. 325 It is probable that the mineral is an altered ekebergite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1822- to throw a moody
- to throw a paper route
- to throw a person a bone
- to throw a person into fits
- to throw a person off his or her bias
- to throw a person under the bus
- to throw a punch
- to throw a seven
- to throw a sheep's-eye at
- to throw a sheep's-eye upon
- to throw a sheep'seye at
- to throw a sheep'seye upon
- to throw a ship up in the wind
- to throw a ship up into the wind
- to throw a ship up on the wind
- to throw a sidelight on
- to throw a spanner in the works
- to throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
- to throw a stone or stones
- to throw a stone or stones at
- to throw a veil over
- to throw a whitey
- to throw a wingding
- to throw a wobbler
- to throw a wobbly